Food The Shelter: Underground Wine Bar An Above-Average Hideout Rhinebeck’s coolest bar-cum-restaurant comes to life at night. By Andrea Pyros
Community 10 Things to Love About Salisbury By Nichole Dupont Connecticut’s Northwest Corner has long enjoyed a reputation for the finer things that the region has to offer. Quirky restaurants, unique retail shops (including fabulous bookstores) and a thriving antiques culture make the area a hotspot – literally – for a spring drive into the cultivated country. Salisbury By Editor
Food Recipe: Yogurt Cheesecake With Dates And Rosewater Twice a month, Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status, By Editor
Community The Rural We: Brian Alberg Brian Alberg is a leader in the Rural Intelligence region's local food movement. The Valatie native has served as the Executive Chef at the Red Lion Inn for the past decade, a job in which he interacts daily with people and business owners who love and support the By Editor
Parties The Montessori School Brings Caribbean Cool To Havana Nights Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. “This Cuban cigar isn't real; it's chocolate." “Well, in that case, get two!" Chocolate cigars weren't the only themed treat at “Havana Nights," The Montessori School of the Berkshires’ fundraiser on Saturday, April 5 at Shakespeare By Editor
Real Estate Condo In The Woods A contemporary condo at The Woods at Rhinebeck comes with all the amenities you'd expect in a condo community: an on-site clubhouse, pool and tennis courts. The unit's main level features a newly renovated powder room, a living room with a wood-burning fireplace, walnut By Editor
Real Estate Berkshire Ease Located in the Coldbrooke South Community in Lenox, this home has all the offerings ideal for a condo: easy maintenance, comfort and convenience to many Berkshire attractions. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo has a great room with hardwood flooring, vaulted ceiling and fireplace, and a kitchen with stainless-steel By Editor
Real Estate Out On The Townhouse Make this home your own as the first owner of a beautiful and stylish condo for sale in Pittsfield. The sleek, new construction property at Berkshire Country Meadows has custom finishes throughout, cathedral ceilings and a full walk-out lower level with secondary egress. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo By Editor
Real Estate Light-Filled Condo Easy maintenance awaits at this townhouse, near the village of Salisbury, which offers much more space than you often find in a condo, plus a beautiful, well-established garden. The move-in ready property is located in a 25 acre-community with mature plantings, community swimming pool and tennis courts. By Editor
Real Estate Lakeside Living This spacious condo, located in Long Lake at Ancram, has four bedrooms and two-and-a-half-bathrooms, living and dining rooms with high ceilings and a kitchen with beautiful maple floors. There is also a courtyard and screened-in porch. The community offers tennis courts, swimming and many outdoors By Editor
Real Estate Downtown Pied A Terre Located right off Main Street in Great Barrington, on a quiet road overlooking the Housatonic River, this stately Victorian has been divided into five stylish condos. Carefully and tastefully renovated, the one-bedroom unit has a compact kitchen with soapstone counters and stainless-steel appliances and freshly updated bathroom with By Editor
Food Drinks: A Spring Green Margarita If patio furniture is popping up in all the stores now, can cocktails al fresco (or at least inside with the windows open) be far behind? Looking for a libation to welcome in spring, we went to Paula Boyajian, bar manager at The Gateways Inn in Lenox, who seems always By Editor
